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BOILER WASHING MACHINE.

Patented Mar. 18, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM II. THURMOND, O F FORSYTH, GEORGIA.

BOILER WASHING-MACHINE;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,462, dated March 18, 1884.

Application filed June 14, 1883. (Model.)

.To @ZZ whom t may con/cern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. THURMOND,

` a citizen of the United States of America, resid- -of its parts. as particularly described and claimedin this specification, and fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, to which reference is made.

y In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of my fountain, and Fig. '2 is a plan view of the bottom ofthe saine.

Like letters of reference indicate correspon ding parts in the views.

The letter A is a washboiler fountain made of glass. Short supports or legs are formed ou" its bottom. It has two or more openings, D D, through its bottom, for the entrance of steam and water into the chamber or cavity A.

G is a solid rounded elevation of the bottom of the fountain for reducing the capacity of the cavity A', and for adding weight to the fountain. T

A tube, B, of. tin or malleable metal, is inverted in an opening in the top of4 the fountain A, which communicates with the cavity A.

Over this tube B'another tube, C. is placed,'

snugly fitting the former, and adapted to be raised or lowered, as desired. The tube C is provided with a cap, or has its upper part spread at a slight angle, which cap or upper part is laterally perforated with three or more holes for the exitof the steam and water forced np from the cavity A. The top of the tube C is of course closed.

Instead' of the shape of the bottom of my fountain shown in solid lines, I also form it as indicated by the dotted lines xx, the letters x 45 as denoting two or more openings for the en trance of the water.

The following dimensions I have found to givethe best results for washing clothes in an ordinary wash-boiler. The diameter ofthe body of the machine is eight (8) inches, height of body about five (5) inches, with the inner cavity, A', about two by five inches. The holes D D are about one and one-fourth inch in diameter. The tubes B and C are one and three-fourths inch in diameterandabout twelve 5 inches long and the holes c c near the top should correspond in number and sizewith those in the bottom of the fountain.

By making the body of my fountain of glass it will absorb heat and rapidly rarefy the water and steam entering the chamber A', which will therefore ascend the tube B and pour out upon the clothes in the boiler. thus produced, forcing the heated soapy Water through the clothes, rapidly cleanses them without the harsh treatment of rubbing or pounding.

I am aware that it is ,not new in'wash-boilers to employ a hollow ring having a tube rising from one side of it, and therefore I make no claim to such a device.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The within-described new article of manufacture, the same consisting of the hollow body A, having supports a, perforations through its bottom, and a central elevation, G, in combination with the centrally-arranged fixed tube B and the adjustable tube C, having a closed top and perforations through its sides, sublstantially in the manner and for the purpose descri bed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in

presence of two witnesses, this 20th day of 85 February, 1883.

WILLIAM II. THUEMOND.

Vitnesses:

J oHN A. DANIELLY, WILLIAM D. STONE.

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